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kanye.rest

A REST API that returns random Kanye West quotes

😄 FunHEALTHYchecked 54 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ✓HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

kanye.rest does exactly one thing: return a random Kanye West quote as JSON. Hit the root endpoint and you get a single 'quote' field back. Keyless, CORS-friendly, and gloriously single-purpose.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 100 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
47P50 · ms
512P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 29 ms, slowest 346 ms, most recent 29 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.kanye.rest/

{
  "quote": "I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying."
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.kanye.rest/"
const res = await fetch("https://api.kanye.rest/");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.kanye.rest/")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 2HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /47 mschecked 54 min ago
GET/PROBED

A REST API that returns random Kanye West quotes

GET/?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

kanye.rest: common questions

Is kanye.rest free to use?

Yes — kanye.rest is a free fun API. Free tier: Free — no key. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does kanye.rest need an API key?

No — kanye.rest needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call kanye.rest from the browser?

Yes — kanye.rest returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is kanye.rest up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, kanye.rest is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 47 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.